Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CVG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CVG to another file type
To convert CVG vector graphics to another format, you need Altium Designer or other Cad software.
Convert a file to CVG
To convert other file formats to the "PCB Design File" file type, you need software like Altium Designer or a similar tool.
About CVG files
The .CVG file is primarily an XML-based PCB assembly data exchange file following the IPC-2581 standard. It is heavily utilized by Altium Designer to store board stack-up, routing, and component placement data in a single package. Alternatively, it may function as a legacy Calamus Vector Graphic file created by Calamus DTP, or store chemical kinetics solution data for Ansys CHEMKIN. The main disadvantage of the .CVG format is its highly specialized and restrictive nature. For PCB design, it requires complex, expensive CAD tools to open and is unsupported by standard web browsers or document viewers. Legacy Calamus files are obsolete, proprietary, and require rare vintage software or emulators to read. Users typically need to convert .CVG PCB files to .GERBER for manufacturing or PDF for client review. For vector graphics, standard target formats include SVG or EPS. However, this file format is inherently difficult to open or convert. Standard online converters fail to parse intricate PCB layers or undocumented proprietary vector math. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the exact data. Our system will inspect the file and show raw text. Because the predominant IPC-2581 version is pure XML, you can easily read the internal code. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CVG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CVG file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use Altium Designer or similar software from the "PCB Assembly Data Exchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to CVG, try Altium Designer or another comparable tool in the "PCB Assembly Data Exchange" category.
The CVG Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CVG converter.